Friday, June 7, 1963 THE PROGRESS3
Official
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Death of Pope John XXIII
.werend and dear Father: June 3, 1963
This morning we received the sad, though not
unexpected news of the death of our Holy Father,
Pope John XXIII. Death must have come to him as
a happy release after four days of intense suffering.
Although he occupied the throne of Peter for
less than five brief years, this humble, warm and
friendly Shepherd quickly won a place in the hearts
of people of every land and of every religious belief.
will long be remembered as a Pontiff who dedi-
his short pontificate to making the Church
better understood in the world and to giving man-
kind a renewed incentive and a revitalized formula
for peace. So intimate and so direct was his contact
with the Christian community, so great was the
image of his personality ha every corner of the
world, that in his passing we all experience a pro-
found sense of personal loss. In the sincere love and
devotion we bore our deceased Holy Father, we
all not be unmindful of him and his needs at the
tar.
1. Immediately upon the receipt of this letter, all
pastors, chaplahas, religious superiors and others
whom it may concern, will arrange to have at least
aria requiem Mass offered for the repose of the soul
: of our late Pope John XXIII. This Mass, where pos-
sible, should be a solemn Mass, or at least a Missa
Cantata. Due to the present restrictions of the sacred
urgy in that regard, it is suggested that this Mass
celebrated next Monday morning, June 10. Due
announcement to the faithful should be made at all
the Masses next Sunday ha order that they may have
the opportunity of attending in as large numbers as
possible, and, in a spirit of filial love, offering to God
rtayers for the eternal repose of the soul of our
e Pontiff.
(Special faculties were received from the Holy
See Wednesday morning, too late to be included in
this letter, permitting every priest to say one
Requiem Mass during this solemn Pentecostal
Octave.)
2. A solemn pontifical Mass of requiem will be
sung ha St. James Cathedral Monday afternoon, June
, at 4 p.m., and a sermon suitable to the occasion
II be preached. To this Mass the clergy, religious
d the faithful are invited. It is suggested that the
• diocesan priests who attend the Mass come prepared
• to depart for St. Thomas Seminary immediately after
the conclusion of the solemn Absolution. Dinner will
be served at the Seminary at 6:30 p.m. for the open-
ing of our annual retreat.
3. Arrangements should be made for some type
Memorial Service in every classroom of every
hool sometime during the remaining days of this
ek. Suitable material for this observance may well
be secured from any number of press notices that
appeared in the daffy press and in The Progress dur-
ing the past week or so. Permission is given for Bene-
diction of the Most Blessed Sacrament in the parish
church at the conclusion of the Memorial Service.
On all school grounds the flag should be set at half-
mast daily until the day followhag the actual burial
our Holy Father.
4. Following is a list of prayers in the vernacular
hich are to be recited as indicated. In addition,
beginning with Sunday, June 16, and until the elec-
tion of the new Sovereign Pontiff is announced, there
shall be added to the Collects of all Masses, rubrics,
permitting, the "Oratio pro Eligendo Summa Pon-
tifice." (Cf. Ordo, Titulus XVI; Kennedy Ordo,
TLtulus VI,2.)
With every best wish and blessing, I am
Shacerely your in Christ,
Archbishop of Seattle
Special Prayers
For a period of thirty days, up to and including
Wednesday, July 3rd, the following prayers are to
be added to the Prayers After Mass, as indicated, at
all Sunday and Week Day Masses in all churches
and chapels of the Archdiocese:
: Beginning immediately and through Saturday,
June 15, the following prayer is to be sat.d:
O God, Who in Thine inscrutable Providence,
pleased to number among the Supreme Pontiffs
rhy Servant, John, grant, we beseech Thee, that he
who on earth was Vicar of Thy only Begotten Son,
may forevermore have place among the holy bishops
who in Heaven reign with Thee, thru the same Our
• Lord Jesus Christ, Who liveth and reigneth wi,th Thee,
:in the unity of the Holy Spirit, world without end.
-Amen.
The following prayer is to be recited, beginning
,n Sunday, June 16, continuing until the successor
our late Pope is elected:
• O God, we most humbly beg of Thy boundless
mercy to grant to Thy holy, Catholic Church, a
• Pope, a man full of zeal for us and pleasing to Thee,
• who may rule the Church well for the glory of Thy
: name and may be held in honor of Thy people,
thru Our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and
' reigneth with Thee, in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
world without end. Amen.
The following prayer is to be recited following
election of the new Pontiff, up to and including
Wednesday, July 3, 1963:
: O God, the Shepherd and Ruler of all the faith-
ful, look with favor upon Thy Servant, N ......... whom
Thou hast appointed pastor of Thy Church; grant
that by word and example he may assist those over
whom he is placed so that Shepherd and flock may
together attain everlasting life, thru Our Lord Jesus
hrist, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth wJ,th Thee,
n the unity of the Holy Spirit, world without end,
men.
Confirmation of Adults
The Sacrament of Confirmation will be admin-
istered Sunday, June 9, at 3:00 p.m. to converts and
adults of Seattle and vicini,ty at St. James Cathedral,
Seattle.
Each recipient will present a card to the chap-
am assisting the Most Reverend Bishop in the con-
g of the Sacrament. This card, which is to be
procured from the proper pastor is to bear the name
of the saint chosen as patron and other information
as indicated thereon.
A brief instruction on the Sacrament of Con-
firmation and the order to be followed for the cere-
mony itself will be given in St. James Cathedral on
Saturday evening, June 8, at 8:00 p.m.
'Race Issue Is Between Men And God"
THE HIGHLIGHTS of the Conference on Religion and
Race was the opening address of the Most Reverend Thomas
E. Gill, V.G., Auxiliary Bishop of Seattle, at the opening
session Wednesday in Seattle University's Pigott Audi-
torium. The Bishop, setting the course of the confer, nce
Bishop Gill
Sets Theme
IOf Conference
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of intelligently planned action
to achieve that goal."
He warned that "otherwise
controversy could mean confu-
sion, frustration compounded,
perhaps even explosion.
"We are here to gather
strength, not to scatter it,"
he emphasized. It hardly
needs expression, therefore,
that mutual respect for each
other's position of conscience
urges a disciplined concen-
tration, in the use of this
forum, on our common objec-
tives, not our individual or
group differences."
"Furthermore," he continued,
"our purpose is positive, not
negative. That is to say, our
true interest is in ameliorating
a condition, not in fixing blame.
We are here neither to accuse
or convict nor on the other
hand to justify, exonerate or
glorify."
The bishop drew a "path of
communication" to reach the
minds and hearts of the God-
loving people and the nation's
citizens. This path must be
"illuminated by that disarming
and cogent virtue, sincerity."
Declaring that racism is ra-
tionally and religiously dead,
the Vicar General of the Arch-
diocese of Seattle pointed out
that segregation's revival has
been through lack of sufficient
personal awareness and of its
viciousness.
"Then perhaps we begin to
see and to agree," he stated,
"that the 'business' of reli-
gious leaders is not that of
merely registering some kind
of instinctive reaction against
those grave disorders and in-
justices, the social and racial
antagonisms that are growing
up in our communities. Nor
is it the business of merely
uttering some kind of.elo-
quent protest, valuable' as
such a protest may be. Our
great work is to lay the faun'
dation for that kind of reac-
tion which will achieve lasting
benefits."
Action is needed, the Bishop
said, in the light of truth, jus-
tice and love as urged by Pope
John. In answering how, Bishop
Gill gave the one of Rev. Mar-
tin Luther King, Negro leader
of passive resistance:
Self-education, making it "pal-
pably clear" to Christians and
Jews first and then to the entire
American citizenry that "segre-
gation is morally wrong and
sinful; that it is established on
pride, hatred and falsehood;
that it is unbrotherly and anti-
personal."
"We must tackle the job of
bringing our congregations
and the whole American pub-
lic into face-to-face confron-
tation with the truth that seg-
regation actually denies the
sacredness of human person-
ality, denies the conviction
deeply rooted in our religious
heritage that every man is
heir to a legacy of dignity and
worth," Bishop Gill empha-
sized.
Stating that there are such
practical and suitable opportu-
nities for each of those present
to apply their energy to de-
velop the necessary momentum
to the enterprise and to keep it
moving, he said.
"And I hope they will not be
just measures aimed at action
in a stirring talk on "Race-Challenge to Religion" received
a standing ovation after he finished. The 300 attendance
included representatives of the Protestant, Jewish and Cath-
olic faiths, among the latter many Religious and laity.
THE REV. JOHN P. DOHERTY, archdiocesan director of the Confraternity of Chris:
tian Doctrine and assistant superintendent of schools, served as one of the discussants on
the workshop on moral issues in race relations and the policies and programs to de-
segregate in the church and synagogue. With him (from left)are Dr. Joseph Cohen,
sociology assistant professor at the University of Washington; and• Rev. Samuel B. Me-
Kinney, pastor of Mount Zion Baptist Church.
THE REV. Ambrose Toomey, O.P., chaplain of the UW Newman Club, was among
the discussants at the workshop on the "Relation of Church and Synagogue to other
Comnmnity Forces." Speaking with Father Toomey were Elliott N. Couden, realtor; and
Dr. L. K. Northwood, UW professor.
in Birmingham or somewhere
else. We shall be missing the
mark completely if we fail to
shoot at targets right here in
Seattle, in King County, in the
State Of Washington. It is im-
perative not to ignore the beam
ifl our eye, so we must begin
with our own locality, our own
group, our own sphere of influ-
ence. We owe to them first
assistance in eradicating every
trace of the dread germ of
racism."
Although there will be com-
plications like in every effort
touching such sensitive areas,
these complexities must not
serve as an excuse for inaction,
the Bishop warned. Inaction
must not compound "the guilt
of past indifference and con-
tribute to the growing massive
pressures for social justice,
pressures that demand release
or threaten explosion."
He praised the Negro for his
"edifying example of patience
and self-control" in seeking re-
lief "from his soul-trying hu-
miliation." The Negro's record
before the world is a "prize
performance for dignity, matu-
rity and self-restraint in the
face of flaunting arrogance on
the part of those who have traf-
ficked in his misery."
"His plea, his petition," the
Bishop continued, "has been
pathetically modest -- simply
the free exercise of his equal
rights as a citizen. We seldom
hear his demanding what,
before God, he has the divine-
ly given right to demand, that
Clergy Retreat
The annual retreat for the clergy will open Mon-
day, June 10, 1963, at St. Thomas Seminary, Kenmore.
The Reverend Pastors will announce to theLr
parishioners where priests may be obtained for sick
calls during the retreat.
Episcopal Functions And
Appointments
All requests for episcopal functions and ap-
pointments, that is, confirmation, dedications, jub-
ilees, etc., in churches, institutions and for lay or-
ganizations during the period JULY-DECEMBER,
1963, should be made in writing to The Chancery,
907 Terry Avenue, Seattle 4, before July 1, 1963.
Appointments
The following appointments have been approved
by the Most Reverend Archbishop:
The Reverend Francis Coony, C.Ss.R., Director,
Palisades Retreat, Tacoma;
The Reverend Edward Jennings, C.Ss.R., Retreat
Master, Palisades Retreat, Tacoma.
By Order of the Most Reverend Archbi.shop
June 7, 1963
CO-CHAIRMEN of Seattle's first Conference on Religion
and Race Wednesday offered to head a permanent inter-
faith organization to spur action by religious groups in
racial problems. The three (from left) are Rabbi Jacob
Singer of Temple De Hirsch; Rev. John D. 'Lynch of St.
James Cathedral; and Rev. Lenmel Petersen, American
Baptist and executive minister of the Greater Seattle Coun-
cil of Churches.
he be recognized and accepted
not merely as a peer but as a
brother."
Calling those committed by
religious faith to the proposi-
tion that the Negro is "really,
truly and unequivocally our
brother," the Bishop said that
all must "shout that claim for
him, to wage relentless struggle
against all obstacles to its full
recognition and to create an
atmosphere wherein further de-
nial of that sacred right will be
self-manifest disloyalty to God
and country."
His concluding remarks fol-
low:
Nor may we rest there. We
must push on to the consum-
mation of God's design for
human society, not just to the
abolition of segregation nor
the outlawing of discrimina-
tion or to any of those exter-
nally enforceable guarantees
of good social order but to
those deep, vital values which
are outside the scope of law,
those attitudes of the heart
upon which the Kingdom of
God is built. These we profess
as inseparable and intimate
truths of our faith .... It is
the essence of our charity."
Harkening the Bishop's words
of "We have a message .... It
needs to be heard .... it will he
heard .... Let's speak up," del-
egates later split up into four
workshops and discussed the
racial discrimination problem
in the areas of the church and
synagogue.
One of 10 such local meet-
ings in the country, the Seattle
conference was convened by the
Most Reverend Thomas A. Con-
nolly, Archbishop of Seattle;
Rev. Everett J. Jensen, presi-
dent of the Greater Seattle
Council of Churches, and Rabbi
Raphael H. Levine of Temple
De Hirsch.
Resolutions submitted at the
conference stated:
1) That the conference reaf-
firm the Declaration of Con-
science adopted by the National
Conference on Religion and
Race and call for the eradica-
tion of racism.
2) That the conference urge
the Mayor and City Council of
Seattle to implement the propo-
sals of the Citizens Advisory
Committee on Minority Housing
including the establishment of
a human rights commission and
the adoption of an open housing
ordinance.
This Seattle conference is the
second of l0 local conferences
scheduled following the nation-
al meeting in Chicago in Janu-
ary. The first local meet was in
St. Louis. The only other west-
ern conference is planned in
Oakland, Calif.
Sorrowing Throng
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Papal Throne, Prince Aspreno
Colonna and Prince Alessandro
Torlonia.
Lay and clerical officials of
the Vatican walked behind the
princes and then came the
m e m b e r s of the diplomatic
corps accredited to the H o I y
See. The procession was closed
by another squad of Palatine
Guard.
At the entrance to the basi-
lica the canons of St. Peter's
awaited the body. After it was
blessed with holy water, it was
carried into the church, which
was closed to the public.
From the square those watch-
ing could see the brilliantly lit
interior through the open door-
way. The main aisle of the
church was flanked by the rows
of green-covered seats in which
the world's bishops had sat
while attending the first session
of the ecumenical council.
As the great doors swung
shut, those outside could hear
the chanting and prayers in-
side as they were carried over
loudspeakers.
The next day June 5 the first
of the nine daily Masses for a
deceased Pope were begun. At
the same time the public was
admitted to the basilica to pay
their last respects to Pope
John as he lay in state.
Remains Entombed
In the absence of the body,
which was entombed at a priv-
ate ceremony in the crypt of
St. Peter's June 6 at 6 p.m.,
the rest of the Masses were
offered in the presence of a
huge catafalque draped in violet
and topped by a triple crown
characteristic of the papacy.
(Pope John's body was in-
terred provisionally in a crypt
in St. Peter's near the tempo-
rary burial place of Pope Plus
X, who has been proclaimed a
saint. Pope John's final rest-
ing place will he decided after
his will has been read.)
Pope John was buried wear-
ing a ring mounted with a sixth-
century coin bearing the figure
of Christ. The Pope had bought
it in Istanbul, where he was
stationed when he was Apostolic
Delegate in Turkey.
Cardinals Begin Daily
Meetings
On June 4, prior to the pro-
cession, a restricted meeting of
cardinals was held to call the
first general cardinals' meeting
to begin preparations for the
conclave to elect a successor to
Pope John. The first general
meeting was held June 5 at 10
a.m. The cardinals are meeting
daily until the conclave begins
on June 19.
The restricted congregation
of June 4 consisted of Bene-
detto Cardinal Aloisi Masella,
Chamberlain of the Holy Roman
Church, and the heads of the
three orders of cardinals: Eu-
gene Cardinal Tisserant, Dean
of Cardinal-Bishops; Santiago
Cardinal Copello, Dean of
Cardinal-Priests; and Alfredo
Cardinal Ottaviani, Dean of
Cardinal-Deacons. No details of
the meeting were released.
In the general assembly, the
cardinals meet to prepare for
the conclave. They have no au-
thority to make any decisions
except in the most pressing
matters confronting the Church.
These decisions can be set
aside by the new pontiff.
Seal Broken
Among the first business of
the general assembly was to
make sure that the seal of the
fisherman's ring and the seal
of the apostolic chancery have
been broken. This ceremony is
held to make sure that no docu-
ment may be forged by the seal
of a pope who could no longer
deny its authenticity. The fish-
erman's ring is kept in the
apostolic chancery and is never
worn by the pope, although he
does wear an episcopal ring
which is often erroneously
called the fisherman's ring.
Other business before the
general assembly is to order
obsequies for the dead pope
and to appoint committees of
cardinals to prepare for the
conclave.
One committee provides for
material construction of the
conclave apartments, another
chooses who will be in the
service of the conclave, and the
third examines the credentials
of those to be admitted into the
conclave. The general asserdbly
also approves the budget pro-
posed for the expenses of the
conclave and authorizes issu-
ance of coins and stamps com-
memorating the "sede vacante"
period.
As soon as the Pope's death
was announced June 3, cen-
turies-old traditions came again
into use.
Bronze Doors Closed
As is customary following a
pontiff's death, the bronze doors
of the apostolic palace were
closed.
The official party charged
with performing the "recogni-
tion of death" ceremony en-
tered the deceased Pope's room
as the bells of St. Peter's tradi-
tionally tolled the sad news of
his death.
Each bell in the great
church tolled nine times in
turn. Then two bells tolled
together, and finally each of
the bells again tolled nine
times.
As the doleful tones broke
out across the fading evening
• sky, a hush fell over the milling
thousands in St. Peter's square.
The only other sounds in the
warm night were from an oc-
casional portable radio, whis-
pered remarks and the splash-
ing of the waters in the flood-
lit fountains.
As the news of the Pope's
death spread, throngs of
people entered and left the
square. Television camera
trucks, heavy and hot with
arclights, were stationed by
the obelisk to televise the
moving scene to the world.
Meanwhile, the recognition
party had gathered outside the
Pope's room and immediately
following the Pontiff's death
had entered to perform their
sad duty. The party was c6m-
posed of Eugene Cardinal Tis-
serant, Dean of the College of
Cardinals; Cardinal Aloisi Ma-
sella; Msgr. Federico Callori di
Vignale, Prefect of the Apos-
tolic Palaces; Msgr. Nasalli
Rocca; Archbishop E n r ieo
Dante, Prefect of Papal Mas-
ters of Ceremonies; Dr. Maria
Fontana, director of Vatican
health services; and the three
physicians who had attended
the Pope--Drs. Antonio Gas-
barrini, Piero Mazzoni and
Pietro Valdoni.
Depart From Tradition
It was then announced that
there would be several depar.
tures from traditional usage re-
garding the Pope's lying in
state. His body was not taken
to the Sistine chapel as is cus-
tomary, nor was it vested in the
usual white cassock and red
mozetta (short cape). Instead
the body was dressed in full
pontifical vestments and lay in
state in the sitting room of 'the
papal apartments.
At 9:30 that night June 3 the
"rogito" on Pope John was
signed in the study of Arch-
bishop Angelo Dell'Acqua, Sub-
stitute for Ordinary Affairs in
the Papal Secretariat of State.
The "rogito" is a formal docu-
ment in Latin recounting the
highlights in the career of the
deceased Pontiff and describ-
ing his death.
Present for the ceremony
were Cardinal Aloisi Masella;
Archbishop Luigi Centoz, Vice
Chamberlain o f t h e H o I y
Roman Church; Msgr. Salvo-
tore Natueci, Treasurer of the
Apostolic Chamber; Arch-
bishop Dell'Acqua; Msgr.
Igino Cardinale, Chief of Pro-
tocol of the Papal Secretariat
of State; and other prelates.
The document was read by
Guglielmo Felici, a lay attorney
who is secretary of the Aposto-
lic Chamber. It affirmed that
the Chamberlain went to the
Pope's room where he deter-
mined that the Pontiff was
dead and that his fisherman's
ring had been turned over to
the Chamberlain by Archbishop
Dante and Msgr. Loris Capo-
villa, the Pope's private secre-
tary.
Conference Hears Judqe
Personal involvement
is essential in combatting
racial discrimination, de-
clared King County Superior
Court Judge Solie M. Ringold
at the Conference on Religion
and Race Wednesday at Seattle
University.
Addressing the conference
dinner in the Student Union
Building, Judge Ringold scored
the "real estate broker, banker
or apartment house operator
who practices discrimination
yet never misses a service at
his church or synagogue."
"Conferences like this are
not enough," he said. "We
look to the church and syna-
gogue for the passion of the
prophets to arouse the per-
sonal identification of each
of us with the plight of the
minority races and religions."
His dinner address highlight-
ed the evening program of the
one-day conference, attended by
300 Catholic, Protestant and
Jewish representatives.
The co-chairmen of Seattle's
first conference also offered to
head a permanent inter-faith
drive organization to spur ,ac-
tion by religious groups in
racial problems.
They are Rev. John D.
Lynch of St. James Cath
dral; Rev. Lemuel Petersen,
Executive Minister of the
Greater Seattle Council of
Churches, and Rabbi Jacob
Singer of Temple De Hirseh.
The permanent organization
would have as its purpose the
implementation of proposals
and workshop group sugges-
tions made by the conference
and the leadership of the clergy
in the field of race relations.
Following Bishop Thomas E.
Gill's afternoon address, dele-
gates split into four workshops
to discuss the following topics:
"Life in the Church and
Synagogue (racial exclusion
and desegregation)," "Re-
spensibility of Church and
Synagogue, .... Church and
Synagogue in a Racially
Changing Community," and
"Relation of Church and Syn-
agogue to Other Community
Forces."
